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Cookshop.biz from 2017-04-10T15:53:28

Cookshop.Biz is a food delivery service like UberEats, Deliveroo or GrubHub, but operating under much different business and market conditions in Liberia. It is the first company in Liberia to acc...

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JPalm - changing the palm oil industry in Liberia from 2017-02-27T19:07:16

Mahmud Johnson, a 25 year old Liberian Dartmouth graduate, returned to Liberia to found JPalm. JPalm supplies farmers around Liberia with palm oil collection machines and then helps the farmers sel...

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African Rain - Changing the way Liberia gets its drinking water from 2017-01-31T07:50:32

Monrovia has one of the most consistent rainfalls in the world, and is also the 'wettest' capital city in the world. However, potable drinking water is a huge issue in the country. Joel Gordon and...

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Bombchel Factory- Empowering Liberian women one skirt at a time from 2017-01-26T14:01:08

Archel Bernard, founder of the Bombchel Factory, discusses how her clothing company in Monrovia empowers Liberian women who were affected by ebola or sexual assault. The Bombchels (as the women who...

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A Catalyst for Change - Somali presidential candidate Fadumo Dayib from 2016-11-08T11:42:48

Somali presidential candidate Fadumo Q. Dayib talks with On the Map, Off the Radar about her choice to run for office in order to initiate social change, why the 4.5 clan system of choosing a leade...

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Animals as arteries: how animal nutrient movement is changing the environment from 2016-10-29T07:27:14

Earth system models to date operate in a world without animals. In these models animals are assumed passive recipients of environmental conditions and plant processes, contributing negligible effec...

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CRISPR and Cas-9 - how gene editing may one day lead to a cure for cancer from 2016-09-19T13:26:23

Oxford PhD students Yale Michaels and Quentin Ferry discuss their research at the Fulga Lab using CRISPR and cas9 to edit genes, and the implications this work has for potential cures for cancer a...

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Sofar Sounds - redefining the live music experience from 2016-07-26T22:56:37

Sofar Sounds, short for 'songs from a room' is a global phenomenon that has re-shaped the live music experience, stripping it down to intimate gigs in intimate settings. Rafe Offer, one of the foun...

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The importance of space flight - Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz from 2016-07-14T02:50:51

Franklin Chang-Diaz, former NASA astronaut, veteran of 7 space shuttle missions and founder of Ad Astra Rocket Company, discusses the importance of human space flight, the development of sustainab...

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Good Lad Initiative - working toward positive masculinity from 2016-05-09T13:31:48

David Llewellyn, a founder of the Good Lad Initiative, talks about how the organization aims to improve the definition and behavior of what it means to be a "lad" through discussion-facilitated wor...

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Period Progress - One year after the London Marathon with Kiran Gandhi from 2016-04-27T00:00:43

One year ago, I ran the London Marathon with my good friend, Kiran Gandhi. Kiran was on her period and it bled through her spandex. Her essay recounting running the marathon on her period without a...

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Women in Tech from 2016-04-20T14:04:57

Cathy White, Seedcamp's Communications and Marketing Director and organizer of GeekGirl Meetup UK talks with us about her experiences as a woman in the tech and startup world, and offers advice to ...

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Social Media for Social Change - the story of 109world from 2016-03-14T18:16:58

109world is an organization that harnesses social media to create a space for global awareness and social change through service trips in different parts of the world. It was founded in February 20...

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A first-generation college / Harvard graduate paying it forward - The Future Project from 2016-03-09T15:24:48

Jesse Sanchez, a dream director for the Future Project, talks about his journey to Harvard as a first-generation college student. He also discusses the work of The Future Project, which helps equip...

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Yoga for cancer patients from 2016-02-08T15:14:14

Smitha Mallaiah, a mind-body intervention specialist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses how practicing yoga benefits cancer patients, and the research study being conducted at MD Anderson curr...

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The Power of Positive Thinking- Neurotherapy and its uses explained from 2016-01-18T16:26:03

Dr. Sarah Prinsloo, an Assistant Professor at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, explains how neurotherapy is used in helping cancer patients manage acute pain, in addition to being used to treat things ...

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On The Map Off The Radar from 2016-01-07T16:52:07

On the Map, Off the Radar is a weekly news digest that covers stories that the mainstream media largely neglects. While the news is full of stories directly affecting the Western world, more struct...

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Elections In Nigeria With Sa'eed Husaini from 2016-01-07T16:49:17

This week, we will be discussing the upcoming presidential elections in Nigeria with Sa'eed Husaini, who is a student at Oxford University reading for an MSc in African Studies.

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A brief history of the conflict in South Sudan from 2016-01-07T16:44:32

A (very) brief overview on how the media portrayal of the conflict in South Sudan doesn't reflect the reality of the conflict on the ground. I haven't gone into much detail on the dynamics of the c...

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Quinoa - how global consumption patterns affect locals from 2016-01-07T16:41:24

In this episode of 'On the Map, Off the Radar' I look at how the rise in quinoa popularity around the world affects the locals in Peru and Bolivia where it is grown.

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Tax Evasions And Money Laundering from 2016-01-07T16:36:20

This is a schematic outline of some of the ideas which are described in more detail in the book Treasure Islands, meticulously researched by Nick Shaxson. If you want to learn more about this topic...

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Police Violence in Brazil from 2016-01-07T16:33:27

Oxford graduate student and Rio de Janeiro native Nicolas Lippolis talks about the pervasive problem of police violence in Brazil.

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The dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership ( TTIP ) from 2016-01-07T16:25:24

Grace Blakeley talks about the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and it's global impact.

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The Human Cost of the Ivory Trade from 2016-01-07T16:17:13

One elephant is killed for its tusks every 15 minutes. Oxford MSc student Jamee Bender talks with us about the human cost of the ivory trade.

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Vanuatu before and after Cyclone Pam with Karan Nagpal from 2016-01-07T16:14:28

On the Map Off the Radar talks with Karan Nagpal about the little known South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, and how Cyclone Pam has affected life there. Whilst Vanuatu has made headlines in recen...

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A little taste of Cape Verde history and culture part I from 2016-01-07T16:06:39

In a dispatch from Mindelo on Sao Vicente, one of Cape Verde's northern islands, I talk with University of Mindelo graduate Soraya Monteiro about Cape Verde music and culture.

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Cape Verdean culture part II from 2016-01-07T16:03:37

OTMOTR talks with Cape Verdean musician and tour guide Edson Oliveira about a little bit of the history and culture of Cape Verde

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Tampons and periods and menstruating, OH MY! from 2016-01-07T16:00:50

On the Map, Off the Radar talks with Oxford MSc student Alethea Osborne about taboos about menstruating, the tampon tax, and how PMS is covered in the media.

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Astronaut Ron Garan on the orbital perspective he found while in space from 2016-01-07T15:56:33

In On the Map, Off the Radar's first ever satellite interview, Astronaut Ron Garan talks with us about how being in space gave him a new perspective about how to think about solving different probl...

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Looking forward - improving Kenya's security after the Garissa Attacks from 2016-01-07T15:54:14

Kenyan and African Studies MSc student at Oxford Stanley Kamau talks with us about shortcomings of the Kenyan government in preventing and responding to security threats in the wake of the Al-Shaba...

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Migration Issues from 2016-01-07T15:50:18

Oxford MSc in Migration Studies student Kamyar Jarahzadeh unpacks some of the current migration debates following the media coverage of the rescue missions of thousands of migrants off of the coast...

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Sex Marriage referendum in Ireland from 2016-01-07T15:47:09

Garreth McCruden, a gay Irish student and DPhil at Oxford, explains the importance and historic significance of the same-sex marriage referendum to take place in Ireland on May 22. Get out and vote!

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Institutionalized Racism and Rhodes Must Fall Movement from 2016-01-07T15:41:59

Oxford DPhil student and Vice President of Oxford's African Society Simukai Chigudu discusses institutionalized racism and the necessary decolonization of academia following the controversy over a ...

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A brief history of the conflict in Burundi from 2016-01-07T15:37:20

A brief history of the conflict in Burundi

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Climate Change and Glacial Lake Outburst Flooding in the Himalayas from 2016-01-07T15:33:45

Environmental geoscientist Oliver Forster explains and discusses the risks associated with glacial lake outburst floods in the Karakoram region of the Himalayas.

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The sound of change - emerging trends in the music industry from 2016-01-07T15:30:34

M.I.A drummer and former Interscope Records Digital Analyst Kiran Gandhi discusses how the music industry is changing, making way for new and innovative ways for artists to create and listeners to ...

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The UK ban on khat/miraa- how it affects Somali and Kenyan farmers on the ground from 2016-01-07T15:28:25

Oxford MSc graduate in African Studies Sheridan Gunderson discusses how the UK ban on the chewed substance khat has affected Kenyan and Somalians at home and abroad.

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The Great Continental Divide- The Silfra Fissure in Iceland from 2016-01-07T15:23:10

Siobhan White discusses the formation of the Silfra Fissure - the divide between the Eurasian and North American plate - in Iceland and the experience scuba diving in the fissure.

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Government accountability in the DRC vs. Rwanda from 2016-01-07T15:15:27

Colette Bishogo, Harvard Class of 2016 in African Studies, discusses her work comparing govenrment accountability in Gisenyi, Rwanda and Goma, DRC.

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Building Back Better - Natural Disaster Long Term Recovery Efforts from 2016-01-07T15:10:55



Alex Breinin discusses the initiatives and strategies of the NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program for building communities back better following the wake of destruction caused by Su...

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Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) from 2016-01-07T15:07:11

HERO advocate and Houston native Chris Valdez discusses the proponents of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance and the importance of Houstonians to get out and vote to put it into law on November 3. ...

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Africa Yoga Project from 2016-01-07T15:01:56

Catherine Njeri, Kenyan yoga teacher and teacher coordinator for the Africa Yoga Project, discusses how yoga changed her life, and how, through teacher training and free yoga classes, the Africa Y...

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Wintering over at the South Pole from 2016-01-07T14:38:58

NASA doctor and scientist Christian Otto discusses what it is like to winter over at the South Pole, highlighting some of his experiences at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

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Misdemeanors and Racial Profiling from 2016-01-07T14:35:53

Former Houston City Council Member, Madame Trustee, Lawyer, and mom, Jolanda 'Jo' Jones talks about the problem with misdemeanors and racial profiling, highlighting discrimination that her son has ...

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Rethinking college education - Peloton U. from 2016-01-07T14:31:06

80% of people who hold full-time jobs don't graduate from college. PelotonU is an organization that provides mentorship and academic support to people trying to get their college degree from online...

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History On Trial- Rethinking the Legacy of the British Empire from 2016-01-07T14:27:12

Harvard Professor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Caroline Elkins discusses how a 2013 case filed against the British Foreign Commonwealth Office by elderly Kenyans who were tortured in British c...

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Walking in Fear as a Muslim from 2016-01-07T14:22:54

Mubeen Shakir discusses the rise in discrimination against Muslims in the United States and Europe and his thoughts on the best ways to move forward. If you'd like to read his article in the Washin...

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Undocumented and a Harvard Graduate - a discussion of immigration issues for youth in America from 2016-01-07T14:18:03


Harvard '15 graduate Fernando Espino discusses his journey of being undocumented and attending Harvard and also shares his hopes for improvements in immigration policy in the future.

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